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Re: CHAT: Latin (Re: Welcome Theodore Kloba)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, October 14, 1999, 22:55
Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> > ROMANES ITE DOMUM! > > Doesn't the soldier tell him the *correct* way to say it? Isn't > it "ROMANI ITE DOMUM!"
The original is ROMANES EUNT DOMUS, more or less, "Romanes, they go the house". The correct final version is ROMANI ITE DOMUM, "Romans go home!" -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin